November 2019 Newsletter

Edyta Sitar - Lecture: Reasons for Quilting

Non-members: There is a $5 fee for this national speaker.

Edyta Sitar will be your guide on a walk through historical, political, and personal events that have inspired generations of quilters. In her presentation, Edyta reflects on the quilters’ work and how they found inspiration to create, to express, and to mark milestones in their lives. The program is full of historical information as well as touching personal stories. She will show a large collection of quilts that will entertain and inspire you with many reasons to continue to create and enjoy quilting even more than you do now.

Friday Workshop – January 10, 2020

Dot, Dot, Dash pattern in True Blue Quilts book

Dot Dot Dash uses curved piecing. Don't be intimidated, it is not that hard. This quilt is a variation on the traditional Drunkard's Path quilt block popular in the late 1800s. In class, we will learn to machine piece curved blocks. The templates are located in the book, and you can choose to make the book project, a smaller table runner or an all scrappy quilt. The block is the same, the variety comes with how the student places light and dark fabrics and how the blocks are sewn together. The techniques we learn in class will help with piecing other curved blocks.

Saturday Workshop – January 11, 2020

Vicksburg Stars pattern in True Blue Quilts Book

Vicksburg Stars is a quilt project featuring Sawtooth Stars, an all time favorite, set on point, arranged in rows and sashed to complete the quilt. In class we will make stars, working on perfect points, and cut the side and corner triangles and sew them together in rows. We will talk about piecing with bias and cutting to avoid bias edges. We will also discuss cutting border prints and directional printed fabrics. At the end of the class the student will have much of the project completed with the knowledge to continue and get this beautiful quilt finished.

COMING SOON!!!!! Quilt Sewing Day. On November 5th, we will be at The Best Little Retreat Center in Texas from 9 am to 9pm sewing community service quilts. Come for the entire day or a few hours.

The quilts are smaller ones that have been spray basted and are ready for quilting. Bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies, we will supply the quilts.

We will have several people on hand that will help you learn different methods of quilting.

If you are new to quilting on your domestic machine, this is a good place to learn how to use your machine for quilting, both free hand and using your walking foot.

Please let me know if you can make it to our quilting day: quiltingpony@hotmail.com.

In October we had quite a haul in quilts: 24 finished quilts came in for distribution to our charities. We also received 26 tops, 16 pillowcases, and one quilted quilt needing binding also came in. We actually delivered 37 quilts, 54 pillowcases and 6 soft soap bottles. Keep up the good work.

I will be bringing giveaway goodies at the meeting again. Please take what you want. The items will be discarded if they are not picked up.

Fall is officially here. It is cold and damp outside as I write this newsletter - the perfect weather to curl up with a comfy quilt and good book. The quilts we make provide comfort for our families and our community. Quilting provides us with instant quilting friends and a whole quilting community at our fingertips. We have small groups, guilds, retreats, and classes to meet other quilters. We have quilt stores, quilt shows, and websites to inspire our creativity. What a wonderful quilting “family” we have created. Like all families, we have tasks, budgets, and “do-to” lists, which aren’t always fun, but necessary.

Quilters Guild of Plano is your quilting family. Get involved! Volunteer for the quilt show, sew for community service, sell raffle tickets, or start a small group to meet other members. Our family is growing bigger, and now it’s time to grow together.

Thank you to all of my board members who help run this crazy quilting family. It truly takes every person doing their job to make this guild run smoothly.

Happy Stitching

We would like to welcome our 5 visitors: Gayle Meador, Celene Bishop, Patti Garbure, Menie Rees, Cynthia Nolen.

Please help welcome our two new members: Sharon Laney and Sue Hurth (returning member). Please look for these new members and show them how the Guild welcomes them.

October door prizes were donated by Dye Happy, Quarter Square Quilt Co., Quilt Country in Lewisville, Best Little Retreat Center in Texas, Best of Bernina, and Pumpkin Patch Quilt Shop.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the November meeting. Carole and Sue, thank you for helping during this learning time as Connie picked up where Carole left off.

Rayetta Finefrock 11/2
Terry Reisinger 11/3
Cynthia Caldwell 11/4
Lynne Haley 11/4
Christina Cisnero 11/5
Judy Loftin 11/5
Carole Murray 11/5
Marjorie Sener 11/5
Margaret Neyman 11/6
LuGay Chiang 11/10
Victoria Dean 11/10
Marie Richard 11/10
Michael Davison 11/12
Gloria Kahle 11/12
Victoria Venner 11/12
Jeanne Smith 11/13
Loren Wilhelm 11/14
Judy Horton 11/16
Kim Jenkins 11/16
Lisa Terry 11/17
Sue Dexheimer 11/19
Melinda Propes 11/19
Pamela Crocker 11/20
Linda Newman 11/20
Carol Surrells 11/22
Virginia "Ginny" Braley 11/24
Kim Imel 11/24
Madelyn Beachboard 11/27
Rose Davis 11/27
Julie Rushin 11/28
Sue Morris 11/30

In the Know About the Show

Thank you to Joan Hammett for filling in for me at the October meeting. And thanks to all of you who have picked up your raffle tickets. The tickets will be at each meeting for you to get your $20 worth. Please pay for them when you first get them. We need all members to buy and/or sell their 24 tickets ($1 each or 6 for $5). If you would be willing to take the raffle quilts to another guild meeting or event to sell tickets please let Joan Hammett know so that she can track where and when the quilts are being shown.

Show Committee Needs:

Program Ads – We need someone to join the show committee to sell the program ads for the show. There are a number of shops who are happy to place their ads with us. Current sponsors and vendors will buy some ad space. The job is active from January through May or early June. I’ve sold ads for the past few years and have samples of what has been done for these times to get you started. --- Just got this position filled. Yea! Thank you Nancy Worst for stepping up.

Logistics – This is a new position on the show committee. One person is needed to contact moving companies to find the best price for moving our show equipment from the guild storage unit to Plano Event Center on Tuesday of quilt show week and back again to the storage unit on Saturday at the end of the quilt show. You will supervise the move, but not have to do any of the moving.

Publicity – One or two people work together to find places to advertise the quilt show and to deliver the show posters to advertise our show. We already have a list of places, so you will not have to start from scratch. Several magazines will list our show in their calendars if given the information on a timely basis. Information needs to be given out to a number of retirement centers as they will bring their residents to the show.

If you would be interested in any of these positions, please text me at 972-571-0083 or email petrickdl@outlook.com. Working on the show committee is a great way to meet people and to learn what it takes to put on the quilt show. Your guild is more successful when you are active in the guild.

The raffle tickets for the QP2020 raffle quilt with companion quilt are available. Members are asked to take a packet of 24 tickets for $20. Paid for as you pick them up ($1 each or 6 for $5). Sell them to your friends and family. Buy them for yourself. But please sell as many tickets as you can on these beautiful quilts. This money goes to help the guild pay for educational scholarships or supplies, pay towards our delightful speakers and fund other activities of the guild.

We also need members to take the quilt to visit other guilds and events in order to maximize our sales. If you would like to take them, please contact Joan Hammett to schedule (972) 489-9925 or joanhammett@verizon.net.

As our guild starts its new year, I start a new chapter. I have been using my formal dining room as my “factory” for making kits, with the thought that if we needed the formal dining room, it could be cleared out in about 5 minutes with a little help.

We have installed new hardwood flooring and painted this room. I no longer find it acceptable to have 6 giant tubs overflowing with fabric in there. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate all the donations of fabric, ribbon and supplies, as well as all the other efforts from Community Service. I love this office. It is SOO much fun. But the room is just too pretty to pile up.

Don ordered a shelf unit 78x60x24 to replace all the tubs. I ordered drapes to cover it that match my new drapes. This way I can have the best of both worlds. I now have lots of fabric and lots of storage and we get our room back.

In the past, I have had a lot of help washing and ironing fabric. Boy, do I ever appreciate the help! I now have a lot of work to do. I am asking anyone who can to come help ADHD Martha to get organized. I am opening my home from 10 AM to 8:30 PM the Monday after guild meeting for you to come help me. Come when you can, leave when you must, bring your own brown bag.

Here is a link to some cute ornaments to make as stocking stuffers.

https://pin.it/skqw2smjffbln4

I look forward to a great year!

While I am the webmaster, it truly takes a village to take care of a website!

Let me introduce you to my extraordinary helpers:

Dena Smith: Dena uploads and curates all photos you see in the Gallery. She is also the one who gathers all necessary information and creates our online Newsletter.

Jeanne Vogel: Jeanne is my unofficial Editor in Chief. She reads each page and emails me if she finds errors or when the Resources page needs updating. She also formats pictures members send to her for the Member Directory.

Sue Rentz and Connie Elliot: Sue and Connie are in charge of the membership system. They upload new members to the system, update their information, and manage members' payments.

Board: Each board member is in charge of making sure the information pertaining to their committee is accurate and up to date. They email me when things need to be modified. They are also in charge of adding their events to the Calendar.

Quilters Guild of Plano, Inc.

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Guild Meeting - January 9, 2020

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Community Service

Letter from the President

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Membership

November Birthdays

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Quilt Plano 2020

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Stocking and Pet Beds Report

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Binky Patrol

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Tech Corner

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